In the article, “Shattered Lives” by Kristin Lewis, Dania faces many challenges. One challenge that she faced was that she was part of a war and had to leave all of the things she loved behind. On page 6 the author states “They faced a devastating choice: Stay and risk death, or leave everything behind…” Another piece of text evidence is “ In september, their choice became clear. They fled.”
She confronts the fact that the doctors and nurses who were treating ill patients, were themselves suffering both emotionally and physically. Having just experienced the trauma that was bestowed by Hurricane Katrina, these caretakers suddenly found themselves working around the clock to treat others. They did all of this without having the necessary time to mentally recover, which proved that they were simply unable to perform at the highest level. “Lamm’s rationing directive rankled for many reasons” (Fink, 47). Not only professionally, but it is also well established that experiencing a trauma has detrimental effects on general human psychology, “The stress of the disaster narrowed people’s fields of vision, as if they wore blinders to anyone’s experience but their own” (Fink, 151).
Back in Miranda Bailey´s intern year at Seattle Grace Hospital, she was a small un-confident soon to be surgeon. Her resident mentor was Dr. Baylow, who isn't the nicest if you ask the other surgeons. Although to make things worse all the other interns working with Bailey thought very small of her and treated her like they were the middle school popular group and she was just an outsider looking in. At times the only thing keeping Bailey going was her drive and dream to become a surgeon. Dr. Bailey was in the general service with her mean rude resident when this story about proving yourself takes place.
Dr. Harper also discussed her mental health struggles throughout the entire book. At the beginning of the book, she discussed the generational trauma in her family and how what she went through as a child led her to want to be a doctor in the first place.
I realized that I became more focused on the patient’s rather than my own personal gain. Then, one day, it hit me. As we were reading about Henrietta’s treatment as a patient, I was infuriated at the fact that these doctors and scientists weren’t giving Henrietta and her family the treatment, recognition, money, health-care, and equality they deserved. Even though I couldn’t imagine the hardship their family went through, I put my foot into the patient’s shoes. Reading about the pain and poverty Henrietta’s family went through, after her death, I kept thinking that if the doctors treated Henrietta equally, there could’ve been a chance of her survival.
What situations caused these emotions? She felt bad that her oldest son had to wear the same clothes over and over. Depressed from the meeting she had with the social worker, because it didn’t go the way she intended it to. Worried if she can provide for her family once she stops receiving government assistance. Also hopeful that a new job will be the start for something better for her family.
She only kept her feelings quiet so she would not end up hurting Esperanza. In that instance the human condition effected her again by means of love. Her endless efforts had no effect, she faced what all people do, only in a different way. The novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
This delineates the theme because she chose to seek help to heal her
Pain lingers as an individual heals, Emily, and she is left torn as she is unable to stop the scars from spreading further. Emily finds herself trapped in a distressing situation where prolonged isolation allows the trauma to intensify, leading to worsening mental health and a deeper state of suffering. ” Going home is like another After, one that is even further away than before” (Vermette 311). Emily was found in a tough situation which led her to be driven towards emotional and physical trauma. The trauma affects her mentally as she is led to believe her life is set off to a before and after, she regrets the leading situations to her trauma and does not stop thinking about how different her life could have been if she had just stayed home and obeyed her mother.
The narrator has no say in her health as she states “Personally, I disagree with their ideas. Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good. But what is one to do?” , unable to confide in others about her state of well
A small 5-year-old girl walking downstairs through the outside back door of her grandmother’s house in Mexico, sliding down each step of the staircase, set in the exterior connection between the two floors, just to be able to use the restroom on the first floor; a reminiscence that portrays commitment. Uniquely, this one experience defined my character. I’ve replayed this moment in my head many times through difficult times. I’ve had to face fear, anger, disappointment, and uncertainty all alone. Yet, I had never met any other person with whom I could identify with those same trademarks; until I became a medical assistant.
Values in To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird shows that you should not judge a book by its cover, that actions speak louder than words, and that seemingly good people can be filled with exuberant flaws. There are several examples of characters in To Kill a Mockingbird that are portrayed as bad people in the beginning of the book that turn out to be heroes. Other characters such as Mrs. Merriweather and Aunt Alexandra criticise others and are generally hypocritical, even though they come across as pinnacles of politeness and wholesome values. Because characters such as Boo Radley and Mrs. Dubose are originally shown as bad people and then are shown as heroic and other supposedly good people like Mrs. Merriweather are shown to be hypocritical and callous, this book shows that it is of the utmost importance to thoroughly examine a person before you judge them, and that hypocrisy or other faults of character can be present in people with pious reputations.
This quote shows that even though Mairs sometimes has difficulty accepting her illness, she knows that there is a growing acceptance of people who must deal with the difficulties that she faces. This ultimately lends a hopeful and positive tone to an otherwise serious and depressing section of her essay. This contrast in tone, but general feeling of hope is key to the type of emotions that Nancy Mairs is trying to educate her readers about. Mair is successful in using multiple rhetorical strategies to connect with the reader.
In order to give the reader a sense of the strong emotions that overcome a person in times of great pain, she personifies what is happening on the
Girl Shattered By William Rey Shortly after I married Yancy, I was astonished to discover that there were 36 of her! When I realized that she suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) I faced a decision that would take me on a journey unlike any I had taken before. Traditional therapy was not an option; it’s exquisitely expensive and usually involves decades of therapy.
